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A State Supreme Court Overturned Alex Murdaugh’s Double Murder Convictions. Here’s What Happens Now.

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Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is no longer a convicted murderer after the state’s top court determined he was denied his right to a fair trial.

On Wednesday, May 13, the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously ruled to overturn Murdaugh’s convictions for the murders of his former wife Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and youngest son Paul Murdaugh, 22. Judges determined that Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca“Becky” Hill “placed her fingers on the scales of justice” and interfered with his trial by suggesting to jurors they couldn’t trust Murdaugh’s testimony.…

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